Goswin Nickel

Portrait of Goswinus Nickel

Goswin Nickel (* 1582 in Koslar ; † July 31, 1664 in Rome ) was the 10th general of the Societas Jesu .

Life

Goswin Nickel was the son of the Jülich Mayor Johann Nickel. He studied in Paderborn and Mainz (1611-1615), where he was ordained a priest on October 28, 1614.

Nickel was temporarily active as an order provincial, for example in 1631 he supported the friar Friedrich Spee when he was asked to revoke his writing Cautio Criminalis , which was directed against the persecution of witches . New research on the second edition of the book even suggests that it was published with the approval of the Provincial of the Rhenish Province, i.e. Father Goswin Nickels.

When the ninth general of the order, Aloisius Gottifredi , died on March 12, 1652 just a few weeks after his election , the general assembly elected Nickel as its 10th general on March 17, 1652.

At the request of the health-ailing general and with the express approval of Pope Alexander VII , the order placed Vicar General Giovanni Paolo Oliva at his side from June 7, 1661 ; Among other things, nickel could hardly walk in old age.

Goswin Nickel died in Rome on July 31, 1664. Giovanni Paolo Oliva was his successor.

In the birthplace of Koslar (now Jülich) a street is named after the religious. The Jülich artist Arno Schlader also named his studio in Koslar de Nickel-Schuppen .

literature

Konrad Groß: Life and Work of Goswin Nickel. In: Analecta Coloniensia (Yearbook of the Diocesan and Cathedral Library Cologne), ed. by Heinz Finger , 4/2004. Cologne 2005.
Karl Heinrich von Lang : History of the Jesuits in Baiern , 1819, p. 29 f. ( Digitized version )
Günter Schwabe: Nickel, Goswin. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , pp. 198 f. ( Digitized version ).
Peter Nieveler: Goswin Nickel from Koslar 1582–1664 10th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1652–1664) on the 250th anniversary of his death on July 31, 2014 , ed. from the history association Koslar e. V. and the Jülich History Association 1923 e. V., Jülich 2014, ISBN 978-3-933606-04-4

Web links

Publications by and about Goswin Nickel in VD 17 .

Remarks

↑ http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz71730.html
↑ Udo Kindermann : “European art monuments between Antwerp and Trient” , descriptions and evaluations by the Jesuit Daniel Papebroch from 1660, Cologne 2002, page 31, ISBN 3-412-16701-0
↑ In support of Friedrich Spee
^ Biographical page on Friedrich Spee, with mention of the support from Goswin Nickel
↑ On the assumption of direct support in the issue of the "Cautio Criminalis"
^ Source on foot ailments Goswin Nickels

predecessor	Office	successor
Luigi Gottifredi	Superior General of the Society of Jesus 1652 - 1664	Giovanni Paolo Oliva

personal data
SURNAME	Nickel, Goswin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Superior General of the Societas Jesu (Jesuit Order)
DATE OF BIRTH	1582
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jülich
DATE OF DEATH	July 31, 1664
Place of death	Rome

[1] ttp://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz71730.html

[2] Udo Kindermann : “European art monuments between Antwerp and Trient” , descriptions and evaluations by the Jesuit Daniel Papebroch from 1660, Cologne 2002, page 31, ISBN 3-412-16701-0

[3] In support of Friedrich Spee

[4] Biographical page on Friedrich Spee, with mention of the support from Goswin Nickel

[5] On the assumption of direct support in the issue of the "Cautio Criminalis"

[6] Source on foot ailments Goswin Nickels